practical joke
Example Sentences
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Jason Hughes, 40, came out of his home to surprise the students who were tossing toilet papers over trees as part of a practical joke.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
The con job was, he thinks, “no more than a practical joke, really. Good clean sport.”
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024
Was it all some kind of practical joke?
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2023
At Helsinki, she was the ringleader in a practical joke played on Avery Brundage, president of the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023
In a way this was Finny’s view, except that naturally he saw it comically, as a huge and intensely practical joke, played by fat and foolish old men bungling away behind the scenes.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
